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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria: 20 died in failed missile test
2009-08-16
[Jerusalem Post Front Page] Twenty Syrians were killed and over 60 injured in a failed Scud missile test carried out by Syria, Iran and North Korea in May, Japan's Kyodo News reported on Friday. One of two missiles had apparently strayed off its course due to a technical malfunction, landing in a civilian populated area in a town on the Syrian-Turkish border. The victims were all civilians.
Syria is lucky only their own citizens were killed. Can you imagine Turkey's reaction had the technical malfunction occurred in the nearest town on the far side of the border?
The incident was part of a botched attempt to test a new short-range ballistic missile developed together by the three countries, the report said. According to Kyodo News, the area - a marketplace - was immediately closed off to the public, who was told that a gas explosion had ensued and was the cause of the wreckage. It was unclear where the other missile landed.
Posted by:Fred

#12  The Gang That Still Can't Shoot Straight.

Losers.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2009-08-16 19:49  

#11  Oh to be a fly on the wall (who could understand the language of Syria) when the locals are discussing how a gas leak could fall on them from above.

I suspect that the NKor food rationing may lead to lack of brain development in their engineers.
Posted by: mom   2009-08-16 18:28  

#10  RJ, even satellites come down. It just takes longer. Ask the Australians.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2009-08-16 15:51  

#9  Not necessarily, Ed, it could've been unexpended fuel.
Posted by: Bobby   2009-08-16 15:23  

#8  The good news is the warhead works.
Posted by: ed   2009-08-16 13:35  

#7  What goes up, must come down.


Ummm, except satelites?
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2009-08-16 13:35  

#6  What goes up, must come down.

Preferably not on your own people with boomable causing payloads.
Posted by: DarthVader   2009-08-16 13:25  

#5  Good for them. They figured out the "kaboom".
Posted by: Mizzou Mafia   2009-08-16 12:46  

#4  would've been interesting if it made it to Turkey and killed civilians. Would they have blamed the PKK? Marsh gas? Jooos?
Posted by: Frank G on the road   2009-08-16 10:13  

#3  test a new short-range ballistic missile developed cobbled together by the three countries

Figuring on the engineering expertise exhibited by these three, this seemed to be a fairer rendering of an explanation.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2009-08-16 09:37  

#2  Fuel,Guidance, Warhead with submunitions eventaully with guidance everyone of them.
Posted by: Large Snerong7311   2009-08-16 03:41  

#1  Exactly what do you have to develop in a scud?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2009-08-16 03:21  

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